Luyện TS E 9 - 2

TEST 2

SECTION ONE. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Question 1. Circle the letter of the best answer (5 pts.):
Don’t be silly! That .................. possibly be Madonna!
A. mustn’t
B. shouldn’t
C. won’t
D. can’t

No sooner had we started the picnic .................. the rain began pouring down!
A. than
B. when
C. that
D. and

You really shouldn`t buy that car. I know the engine is fine, but most of the bodywork has been ................. away by rust.
A. eaten
B. dissolved
C. crumbled
D. erased

Not only ................. visit Japan but they plan to stop off in the USA as well?
A. they plan to
B. they must
C. will they
D. are they paying

I’ll hand over all my files to my assistant before I …………………….
A. am leaving
B. leave
C. will leave
D. shall leave

By the time Brown’s daughter graduates, .................. retired.
A. he
B. he has
C. he’ll being
D. he’ll have

……………… you try, you can never get them all right.
A. How hard
B. However hard
C. For as hard as
D. So hard as

On .................. he had won, he jumped for joy.
A. telling
B. he was told
C. being told
D. having told

.................. earlier, I would have done it for you.
A. Had I known
B. If I knew
C. Did I know
D. By knowing

Conservationists are worried that many potentially valuable ________ of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.
A. examples
B. brands
C. variations
D. species

He had an excellent grade in his examination _________ the fact that he hadn`t worked particularly hard.
A. in spite of
B. although
C. because of
D. on account of

It was in this house ………………………………..
A. where I was born
B. in which I was born
C. that I was born
D. I was born in

Did the man ................... by the committee accept the job?
A. appointing
B. appointed
C. was appointed
D. to appoint

I have two horses. ……………….. of them run very fast.
A. All
B. Each
C. Both
D. One

The child was told to ................... for being rude to his uncle.
A. excuse
B. apologize
C. confess
D. pardon

“John found it difficult to adjust to Libya.”
“For one thing, ……………… is a difficult language to learn.”
A. Arabic
B. the Arabic
C. the language Arabic
D. Arabics language

Some of you may have already completed section one. ………………., you can go on to section two .
A. If so
B. If you do
C. If you may
D. If not

When I was young, everyone in the family ................. gather together at home for Christmas.
A. would
B. used
C. was used
D. use

When his daughter returned after midnight for the third time, Henry decided to .................. down the laws and refused to allow her out at all.
A. set
B. put
C. hand
D. lay

Now ` s a .................... time to tell me you are going out this evening - I`ve spent the whole day preparing supper for you.
A. right
B. suitable
C. reasonable
D. fine

Question 2. Use the proper tense/form of verbs in parentheses. Write your answer in the space provided (2,5 pts.)
The world is getting warmer and the oceans are rising. Why ……….. this (1. happen) ......................... One answer is that it could simply be part of a natural process. After all, there (2. be) ......................... ice ages and long periods of warmth, so we could just (3. experience) ......................... another warming trend. This kind of answer (4. have) ......................... more supporters a few years ago. What scientists now (5. believe) ......................... is that human activity is the cause. For more than two hundred years, human ……………….. gradually (6. change) ......................... the atmosphere, mainly as a result of industrial pollution. We (7. create) ......................... an atmosphere around the earth that, like a giant glass container, (8. let) ......................... heat from the sun through and then (9. hold) ......................... it in. …………… temperatures and sea levels (10. keep) ......................... rising? The general answer is unfortunately yes.
Question 3. Correct the mistakes in the use of determiners and quantifiers in this text. There is an example